拍品 119
119
BROSSES, Charles de (1709-1777)]. Histoire des navigations aux Terres Australes. Paris: Durand, 1756. 2 vols., 4o (272 x 204 mm). 7 folding maps (numeral cropped from plate 2, plate 3 cropped at fore-edge). Contemporary French mottled calf, spines gilt (spine extremities chippped). FIRST EDITION. Provenance: J. C. Dezauche (contemporary bookplates). "It contains an account of all voyages beginning with the second expedition of Vespucci in 1502 and ending in 1747, in which navigators touched upon the supposed southern continent of Magellaniea, which is now represented by Australia and some scattered islands in the Antarctic regions. It also contains the voyages of Magellan, Drake, Hawkins, Nodal, Schouten, Tasman and others. The work... is of special importance because in it de Brosses proposes that France should settle Australia with her foundlings, beggars, and criminals." (Hill, p. 35). Sabin 8388. (2)

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BROSSES, Charles de (1709-1777)]. Histoire des navigations aux Terres Australes. Paris: Durand, 1756. 2 vols., 4o (272 x 204 mm). 7 folding maps (numeral cropped from plate 2, plate 3 cropped at fore-edge). Contemporary French mottled calf, spines gilt (spine extremities chippped). FIRST EDITION. Provenance: J. C. Dezauche (contemporary bookplates). "It contains an account of all voyages beginning with the second expedition of Vespucci in 1502 and ending in 1747, in which navigators touched upon the supposed southern continent of Magellaniea, which is now represented by Australia and some scattered islands in the Antarctic regions. It also contains the voyages of Magellan, Drake, Hawkins, Nodal, Schouten, Tasman and others. The work... is of special importance because in it de Brosses proposes that France should settle Australia with her foundlings, beggars, and criminals." (Hill, p. 35). Sabin 8388. (2)